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HENRY S. BELDEN, OF CANTON, OHIO.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIPICATIONfor1ni11g part of Letters Patent No. 354,303,6ated December 14. 1886.

Application filed January 18, 1884. Serial No. 117,988.

To alZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BELDEN, of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the'same.

My invention relates to improvements in vaporizing-chambers for vapor-burners for lighting or heating; and it consists, generally, in a certain construction having a large inclined vaporiZing-chamber with the supplypipe attached to the lower end and a burner attached to the upper end.

With this object in view my invention con sists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are elevations-the first of a bracketlamp, the second of a standard-lamp, and the third of a street-lamp, and with my improved vaporizing-tube attached to each. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a vapor-stove with my improved vaporizing-tube attached. Fig 5 is a vertical section of my improved retort, it showing also the supply-pipe, the burner, and the several connecting devices.

A represents an inclined tube of considerable size containing the vaporizing-chamber,

and to the upper end of which is attached the burner a, as shown.

The burner is one of those which I have commonly used, and which is shown in the Ballard patent, No. 186,579, January 28, 1877. The attachment is, in the construction shown, effected by means of the connection indicated by F, it being formed separately from both the burner and the retort.

f represents a socket to receive the retort.

f is a passage-way communicating with the interior of the partf, and situated at an angle to the axis of said part. This passage f is formed in a tube, f, preferably integral with the soeket-piece f. The burner is secured to this part f.

It will be seen that it is not necessary to (No model.)

tol'ore) in order to have the burner situated vertically when attached,

In my construction, although the retort is inclined, the burner-tip is in such position as to form a vertical flamethat is, the axis of said tip is vertical.

The lower end of the retort A is united to the supply-pipe by a connection having a holder for the supply-pipe and a holder for the retort.

E represents generally such a connecting means, and e and e the holders, the former having a socket, e, and the latter a socket, e

In order to have the retort-tube of uniform diseat at substantially the usual construction for the end of the screw.

In my construction the valve which controls the flow of oil lies entirely outside of and is supported independently of the retort-tube, so that the latter is entirely free of ohstruction, the whole interior chamber being utilized for oil and vapor. At a there is an orificefor the withdrawal of sediment, refuse, 850., it having a plug adapted to be removed.

It will be seen that the burner-tip is arranged vertically, so as to throw the flame in an advantageous manner in producing the light, and also that the valve which regulates the flame is below the upper end of the retort-tube and directly below the burner, so that it can be easily manipulated at all times.

Bis the supply-pipe leading to the supplytank 0. \Vith the lamp it will be seen that the supplypipes connect direct with the vaporizing-tube and without an elbow, and would also be the arrangement in a stove of but one burner. Vhen more than one burner is used, a pipe, I), along the front side of the stove is used to connect with the different vaporizing tubes.

It will be seen, as in case of the lamps, there are no elbows, and that there is less pipe and fewer joints than with the vertical vaporizer the surface of the contained fluid being oblique to the axisof the tube, a greater vaporizingsurface is exposed, and consequently a larger area, over which is distributed any recoil caused by a sudden and rapid generation of gas within the chamber, and hencelessens the pressure at a given point-such, for instance, as on the area of the supply-pipe-and thus lessening the back-pressure on the same.

In a patent previously granted to me, No. 203,237, May 7, 187.8, there is shown a small retort-pipe at right angles to the supply-pipe, the retort in that case having the same diameteras that of the supply pipe. In the burner there shown use was made of an emery packing in the retort, and hence there was no necessity of an enlarged chamberthat is, a chamber of such large cross diameter that the oil should act by gravity to prevent recoil, inasmuch as the emery packing was the means depended on to prevent the recoil; but I have found the use of packing to be very objectionable, as the interstices soon become clogged with sediment, and the cleaning and repacking has been found to require so much care and trouble that there has grown up great dissatisfaction with packed burners. I have succeeded in overcoming these difficulties by the devices above described. A retort-pipe similar to the supply-pipe will not answer, as it is necessary tohave a large body of oil in the retort, first, so that its weight shall act as a barrier to the vapor, and, second, so that when inclined it shall present a large surface for the evolving of vapor.

It will be seen that the duct 6 between the retort and the reservoir, and the duct at f, between the reservoir and the burner, are so small in comparison to the cross area of oil that an equilibrium is attained, the pressure of the vapor and that of the oil being equal, as the duct at e prevents the oil from flowing in either direction with sufficient freedom to produce rapid variations.

The walls of the retort-chamber are tight at all points between the inlet-orifice at E and the outlet-orifice at F, so that the pressure produced by the vapor generated back of the exit shall remain constant, there being no vent by which this pressure can be decreased.

I am aware that it is not new to employ horizontal and vertical vaporizing-tubes in connection with vapor-burners, and also that it is not new to employ an inclined supplypipe in connection with an oil-burner, and hence I make no claim thereto; but

What I claim is- 1. In a vapor-burner, the combination of a downward-extending supply-pipe, a burner, and a tubular retort interposed between the supply-pipe and the burner, and inclined to the horizon, substantially as set forth, to have the plane of the oil-surface intersect the lateral walls on both sides of the retort, said retort being of a diameter larger than that of the supply-pipe and having its interior chamber unobstructed, whereby the whole of said chamber can be utilized for oil and vapor, substantially as set forth.

2. In a vapor-burner, the combination of the downward-extending supply-pipe, a burner, a tubular retort between the supply-pipe and the burner of larger diameter than the supply-pipe and inclined to the horizon, substantially as set forth, to have the plane of the oil-surface intersect the lateral walls of the retort on both sides, and having its interior unobstructed, a contracted passage-way between said retort and the supply-pipe, and a -contracted passageway between the retort and the burner, the walls between the said passage-way being tight at all points, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the downwardlyer tending supply-pipe, atubularrctort of larger diameter than and connected tothe supplyas set forth, to have the flametip situated vertically, and the regulating-valve below the upper end of the retort, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 10th day of January, 1884.

HENRY s. BELDEN. 

